Re: [Leica] Shop & Shoot! Married's only!

[D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>]

Ted Grant wrote:
>Hey folks,
>
>Here you are, "Shop & Shoot!"  
>
>This is the way to get out for a solid day of comfortable picture taking
>without spouce carrying on about making a "photo widow - widower" out of
>them all the time.
>
>"Hey honey how'd you like to go shopping, you know, a nice day at the
>Mall?"  Immediately they are caught off guard!   In my case she'd think
>I'd finally flipped out completely instead of my usual partial. :)  
>
>However, the truth is you want to have the day wandering about quietly
>looking for exicting images,  without spouce whinng in background, "How
>many pictures of that flower, whatever, are you going to take?  They all
>look the same anyway!"   
>
>Some of you folks know exactly what I mean,  Right? :)
>
>So here's the plan,  "Hey honey how about we do a "SHOP & SHOOT?  You
>shop and I'll shoot,"  Man their eyes light up on cue to "SHOP!" And
>away you go! A happy carefree day of nothing on your mind than happy
>snapping the life and times before you.
>
>Key phrasing,   use.....  "SHOP"  first!   After that she wont hear
>another word! :)  
>
>You, mentally free, enjoy your Leica shooting in the breeze. It's
>wonderful, trust me it works! :)
>
>ted
>

Ted

Just hope that by the end of the day, the amount of shopping done does not
induce you to shoot yourself in the head for suggesting "shop and shoot" in
the first place.

It can be a very very dangerous arrangement ;-).

Dan K.